VANCOUVER.- As a university student, Michael Audain travelled to Mexico to view the art of Mexican modernist masters Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. He was inspired by the vibrancy and powerful social message of their art, and his passion for these artists remained with him. Many years later, the Audains began collecting their work and, today, own the largest collection of Mexican modernist art known in Canada . The Audains’ entire Mexican modernist collection – 18 paintings in all – is currently on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection, providing an unparalleled opportunity for visitors to experience this influential school of art.